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hello all,
i am hoping someone can help i have been looking for a marriage for a lady by the name of amy i dont have a surname who married a george roberts i think between 1912-1918 ( george died in1918 and was married to someone else before 1912 he is with his original family in1911.
amy is on georges death cert as registering the death and it says she is the widow of george so i know they married
i also know sshe was with georges original family as his first wife seems oto of dissappeard
do you think they were really married as i cannot find it
also is amy used in place for something
thank you
elaine ps
they were in the wandsworth area of london

Who was George married to in 1911 - can you post the census.

When was George born ? Have you found a death for his first wife ?

hi choccy,

george was married to harriett roberts nee rowe
living in shoreditch area
george and harriet george was born in1874 i have his birth cert and marriage to harriett and another family member has death cert but no marriage to amy although she appears on lots of family papers etc.
thanks
elaine

sorry forgot to no i have not found a death for harriett
elaine

I know this is perhaps the wrong area but marriages usually take place near the bride's home and you don't have Amy's POB:

Marriages Dec 1914 (>99%)

Brown Amy Roberts W.Derby 8b 654

ROBERTS George Brown W. Derby 8b 654

just posting for reference -


ROBERTS, George Head Married M 37 1874 Upholsterer Dalston London VIEW
ROBERTS, Harriett Wife Married
11 years F 34 1877 Pengrave Cornwall VIEW
ROBERTS, George Son M 9 1902 Dalston London VIEW
ROBERTS, John Son M 7 1904 Shoreditch London VIEW
ROBERTS, Leonard Son M 6 1905 Shoreditch London VIEW
ROBERTS, Edward Son M 3 1908 Wandsworth London VIEW
ROBERTS, Louisa Daughter F 2 1909 Wandsworth London VIEW
ROBERTS, Harold Son M 0 (8 MONTHS) 1911 Wandsworth London VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
2446 Reference:
RG14PN2446 RG78PN81 RD26 SD8 ED15 SN81

Registration District:
Wandsworth Sub District:
Putney Enumeration District:
15 Parish:
Wandsworth

Address:
11 Northumberland Terrace Dyers Lane Putney County:
London

another child born in 1912

Births Sep 1912 (>99%)
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Roberts Jessie Rowe Wandsworth 1d 1455

For ref.


1901 England Census
about George Roberts
Name: George Roberts
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1874
Relation: Head
Spouse's name: Harriet
Gender: Male
Where born: Shoreditch, London, England

Civil parish: Hackney
Ecclesiastical parish: St Phillip
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Hackney
Sub-registration district: South-West Hackney
ED, institution, or vessel: 17
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 123
Household Members:
Name Age
George Roberts 27
Harriet Roberts 24 born Penzance

Christine

hi potty,

thanks for that as you said not an area i would of looked in but i am wondering if this may of been a bigamous marriage??
as some other things have come to light regarding one of georges sons .
so i am thinking anything is possible !
i wonder if amy was in service as the one i am looking for was a school cleaner in 1924 she was i think much younger than her husband.
they may have met if she helped him with housekeeping when harriett went missing?
elaine

hi choccy,
yep thats them alright , i know harriett was out of the picture by 1913 poor little jessie only lived for abt a year.
and amy had a daughter called marjorie roberts born 1915 not sure if george was father or not and later she had twin boys and i know they were not georges as they were born after his death and father is missing from certs (?father was one of amys step sons)
elaine

I can't see an obvious death for Harriet or a second marriage of George and Amy before his death in 1918.

Do you have birth certificates for Marjorie and the twin boys ?

What was Amy's maiden name ?

hi choccy,
i have the birth certs for the twin boys born in 1924 mother amy roberts father not registerd
i do not have marjories birth cert.
a school cleaner living at the same address she was at when george was alive in wandsworth no mention of her previous name
elaine

My guess is that they didn't get married, but she just took on the Roberts' surname.

Unless someone can prove otherwise !

hi choccy
yes i am thinking this is what happened guess i will never no unless i get marjories cert to see if amys maiden name is on there.
thanks for your help
elaine

You have all these to choose from:

Births Mar 1915 (99%)
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Roberts Marjorie F Reed Wandsworth 1d 999

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Births Jun 1915 (>99%)
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Roberts Marjorie F Pavi[_o] Chelsea 1a 673
Roberts Marjorie L Oakley Camberwell 1d 1498
Roberts Marjorie S Roberts Lambeth 1d 823

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Births Sep 1915 (>99%)
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Roberts Marjorie M Kilpin Wandsworth 1d 951

HI MADMEG,

Thank you for this i will give them a try might start with the wandsworth one
thanks for your help
elaine